Dis-sēize', v. t.

(−sēz'), v. t. [ĭmp. & p. p. DISSEIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISSEIZING.] [Prefix dis and seize, q. v.; Fr. dessaisir, Pr. dessaisir.] (Law.) To deprive of actual seizin or possession; to dispossess wrongfully;—followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.]

Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland.